ANANYA SEN
I am an Associate Professor (with tenure) at Carnegie Mellon University (Heinz College). Before joining Carnegie Mellon, I was a Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Sloan School of Management. I received my PhD from the Toulouse School of Economics. My research focuses on topics at the intersection of technology, business, and society. My research is primarily empirical, and I often utilize field experiments, natural experiments in observational data, among other methods, to answer research questions. I am currently an Associate Editor at Management Science and Information Economics and Policy.
My research centers around two broad themes: (1) platforms in the changing technology landscape with a focus on media markets and (2) the intersection of platforms, politics, and education markets mediated through traditional and social media.
A key feature of my research is to analyze those questions and contexts where managerial and policy questions are two sides of the same coin. This allows me to focus on research that sheds light on the impact of digital technologies on firm performance and their broader societal implications, often the subject of policy debates. Some more details on my research profile and journey are covered in this piece here.